Little Journey Review
Last Thursday I had to take my son into hospital for a Tonsillectomy operation, and both my son and I were a little worried and unsure about what was going to happen and how we were going to cope.
That’s when we started little journey, and it’s been absolutely fantastic for both my son and myself. We have loved playing the games together, watching the calming water, and of course taking the tour of the hospital and all the rooms he was going to be using on the day. We particularly loved how you could choose animals or people to guide you through your journey, and we chose the animals which really helped us to feel calm and took away all the worries and anxious feelings. My son was so much more relaxed and it made such a difference to him to see how easy it was to self regulate home self after he would get to scared etc.
By far the best app I’ve ever used, and we are still using it today 1 week after his op. So I’d definitely would recommend it to any parent having to go through the same thing or similar with your child, no matter the age.
Thank you so much Little Journey🩵
That’s when we started little journey, and it’s been absolutely fantastic for both my son and myself. We have loved playing the games together, watching the calming water, and of course taking the tour of the hospital and all the rooms he was going to be using on the day. We particularly loved how you could choose animals or people to guide you through your journey, and we chose the animals which really helped us to feel calm and took away all the worries and anxious feelings. My son was so much more relaxed and it made such a difference to him to see how easy it was to self regulate home self after he would get to scared etc.
By far the best app I’ve ever used, and we are still using it today 1 week after his op. So I’d definitely would recommend it to any parent having to go through the same thing or similar with your child, no matter the age.
Thank you so much Little Journey🩵
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Really helpful preparation
My son recently had an MRI with GA and he is very anxious. It’s hard to explain things is words as he has a learning disability and autism- so having clear simple pictures and I was able to choose a setting which related to his mental age rather than just getting age related information. Amazing!
Helpful app
What a great way to introduce children to the hospital experience! The relaxation games were great. I did feel like the pauses between sentences when the characters were speaking was a little long but the information they were providing was well suited to children.
Great app but…
This app is amazing to help a parent and older children to understand and put your mind at ease with what is going to happen during there visit. However, my 4 year old daughter is autistic and does not understand. It also doesn’t put my mind at ease as I know what is expected of her and it won’t happen! I think there should be articles for about what would happen with children with additional needs.
Amazing for children who have the understanding
Amazing for children who have the understanding
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Amazing app
This app is amazing with supporting not only a child but there parents
Doesn’t work for us
Can’t get the app to work, keeps freezing and sending us a white screen. Have tried numerous times. Such a shame as my autistic son could really benefit from this before his procedure.
Really helpful
Fantastic app for putting children’s minds at ease before an operation. Really good idea.
App doesn’t work
We have used this app on other devices before and it’s great. Now on apple the app doesn’t work, you can go through the adult section but you can not use the child art of the app which is why we got in the first place so my daughter can prepare for her operation in a few days time. Very disappointed
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Noah’s journey
Was totally satisfied with my arrival to the end ward 16 were amazing and the surgeon was fabulous who made us comfortable for the whole procedure
Brilliant app
Wonderful app with a lovely friendly way of explaining it to children of all ages (and adults because I found it quite interesting to go through it with my daughter) she’s only three so it was very age-appropriate for her she liked playing the little dress up game and finding Molly mask and Kimmy cannula. I found the doctors voice is very relaxing and calming
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Does not render on iPad Air correctly
Downloaded on iPad Air but the buttons and journey do not render correctly. Have downloaded on iPhone 10 and 11 ok.
Fantastic and age appropriate
Used this to prepare my child for their operation. They engaged well with the app and often asked to play the dressing up game on it or see the bed they would be in. The operation went very well and they referred to what they had learnt through the app during our time there.
Sheffield Childrens Hospital
From start to finish, Sheffield Children’s did everything they could to put my daughter at ease. From Pre-op to discharge, it was all child centred. The app is amazing!
It’s amazing
I used this for my daughter for her op it helped he understand what was gonna happen to her in the hospital and on the day she knew what was Hanns happen to her so she was fine.
Little Journey - Diana, Princess of Wales, Grimsby Hospital
I found the app very informative and helped my little boy to relax about the rooms. He recognised them when we went into the hospital after using the app and wasn’t as worried or nervous as I thought he would be.
It was very descriptive and I was thankful we had access to the app leading up to the appointment.
It was very descriptive and I was thankful we had access to the app leading up to the appointment.
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Great app to help kids and parents prepare for surgery
Really helped us both to understand the process more.
Great app as a starter point
We found this app great for our 6 year old to ease her into what to expect before she went in for her surgery. She liked the games, however there could be a few more - perhaps a snap type game on equipment docs and nurses will use to familiarise them with them etc. She loved seeing the step by step journey, although I feel that you missed out a bit step after recovery. The cannula in her hand, we had forgotten about this and there is no mention of this on the app. This was a huge thing for her and found it very traumatic that this was in her hand and has to be taken out too.
All in all, a useful app but needs a bit of tweaking.
All in all, a useful app but needs a bit of tweaking.
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I like it
It was good for me to see the different rooms and to be prepared for it tomorrow
Absolutely brilliant
This app has been amazing for my 5 yr old as it has helped him to get his around what will happen whilst he’s playing.
I wish there were adults versions / learning disability versions of this as it would be so useful, I work as a speech and language therapist and an app like this would be so useful for everyone!!
I wish there were adults versions / learning disability versions of this as it would be so useful, I work as a speech and language therapist and an app like this would be so useful for everyone!!
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Brilliant
Very sweet, really lovely the children get to see the rooms and certainly makes them feel a little less scared
